S$ 3. 50 for a small plate ; $ 5.00 for Medium and S$ 7.00 for Large
The Maxwell Road Hawker Centre is a magnet for tourists from all over the world ; In it there are world famous hawkers such as Tian Tian Chicken Rice which has been featured in Anthony Bourdain's "No Reservations" as well as Gordon Ramsey's famous Hawker Center Cook - Off (taking a leaf from the famous Dance - Off in Hip Hop).
Somewhere in the center of the Hawker Center, the Tian Tian stall always attracts queues from lots of tourists and some locals daily. They are open from 10.00 am till the chicken runs out ; the famous boiled Hainanese Chicken rice is the "piece de la resistance"
so to speak.
Living in Singapore surely has its upsides, one of which is that it is a food lover's paradise. Here you can buy a meal for only $3.00 which is described by many food afficiandos as "world class".
Coming back to the plate of chicken rice, I feel the rice was especially fragrant, the grains were separate and nice texture, but the chicken in my opinion was a let down. The boiled chicken (without the chicken sauce) just "so - so" ; there was no fragrance or much taste, though it was tender and succulent. I would give it at best a 6.5 upon 10. The chicken was drowned in the gravy which was thick and most people would find it appealing, but true chicken rice does not come with the sauce.
The real test is in the chicken. I personally prefer the Boon Tong Kee chicken at United Square or even the Big Bird at Balmoral Plaza for their flavourful chicken but at Big Bird's, their rice is rather clumpy and not as good as Tien Tien's.
I ordered a separate plate of stir fried bean sprouts with some challots ; that was OK,
for S$ 2.00
Verdict : Tien Tien well, if you want to try authentic Hainanese Chicken Rice, it is good for first time starters.
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